Crate apparatus with adjustable lid

A stackable/nestable crate apparatus, comprising:

• a container body including a bottom wall and a plurality of generally rectangularly disposed front, back and side walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall to define an open top;
• means forming a lid operative for stackedly supporting a similarly formed container body thereon adapted to extend across the open top of said container body in spaced, substantially parallel relation to said bottom wall, said lid comprising a plate-like body;
• means for selectively mounting said lid on said container body at a plurality of vertically spaced levels with respect to said container body bottom wall;
• means disposed about the periphery of said lid body for selective mounted engagement in the seats of the respective sets, said engagement means on said lid body comprising a plurality of feet projecting from said body and adapted for reception in the seats of a selected set;
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• wherein each of said seats is defined by a shoulder adapted to receive one of said feet and being disposed on the inwardly facing surface of said upstanding walls.

A stackable/nestable crate apparatus, comprising:

• a container body including a bottom wall and a plurality of generally rectangularly disposed front, back and side walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall to define an open top;
• means forming a lid operative for stackedly supporting a similarly formed container body thereon adapted to extend across the open top of said container body in spaced, substantially parallel relation to said bottom wall;
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• means for selectively mounting said lid on said container body at a plurality of vertically spaced levels with respect to said container body bottom wall, said mounting means comprises a plurality of sets of seats formed in said upstanding walls, each of said sets of seats being adapted to mount said lid in an attitude substantially parallel to said bottom wall and each being disposed at a different level with respect thereto;
• wherein each of said seat sets includes a plurality of seats disposed on said walls at mutually spaced locations to supportably secure said lid in parallel relation with respect to said bottom wall and each of said seats is defined by a substantially closed bottom end of a vertically extending groove extending downwardly along the interior surface of an associated wall.

A stackable/nestable crate apparatus, comprising:

• a container body including a bottom wall and a plurality of generally rectangularly disposed front, back and side walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall to define an open top;
• means forming a lid operative for stackedly supporting a similarly formed container body thereon adapted to extend across the open top of said container body in spaced, substantially parallel relation to said bottom wall;
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• means for selectively mounting said lid on said container body at a plurality of vertically spaced levels with respect to said container body bottom wall;
• wherein at least one of said front and back walls has an upper edge containing an elongated recess dimensioned to enable passage therethrough of a container body supported for sliding movement on said lid body.